THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday announced the deregistration of 28 political parties thus sending their promoters off the political stage as the march towards the 2015 general elections gathers momentum.

Affected by the deregistration are Pastor Chris Okotie’s Fresh Democratic Party; Balarabe Musa’s Peoples Redemption Party; and the National Reformation Party, founded by the late nationalist, Anthony Enahoro, among others.

The National Advance Party of Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, as well as the Democratic Peoples Alliance of ex-Finance Minister, Chief Olu Falae are also on the list.

INEC did not state the reason for its action, but it is suspected that the licence granted some of the affected parties might have been withdrawn because of their inability to win any electoral seat in the 2011 elections.

When contacted, Kayode Idowu, spokesman for the INEC National Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, told The PUNCH Thursday night that the reason for the deregistration had been communicated to the owners of the parties.

“The statement is clear and the commission had contacted the affected political parties and they know the reasons for our action,” Idowu said.

According to a statement by the Commission’s Secretary, Abdullahi Kaugama, INEC said it deregistered the 28 parties “in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).”

It pledged its commitment to relating with political parties in accordance with extant laws and for the benefit of the nation’s electoral democracy.

Also on the list of parties deregistered by INEC are, African Liberation Party, Action Party of Nigeria, African Political System, Better Nigeria Progressive Party, Congress for Democratic Change, Community Party of Nigeria, Freedom Party of Nigeria, Hope Democratic Party, Justice Party, Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria, Movement for Democracy and Justice, and the Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy.

Others are, New Democrats, National Majority Democratic Party, National Movement of Progressive Party, National Solidarity Democratic Party, Progressive Action Congress, Peoples Mandate Party, Peoples Progressive Party, People’s Salvation Party, Republican Party of Nigeria, United National Party for Development and the United Nigeria Peoples Party.

Braithwaite last night rejected the deregistration and vowed to contest it. He accused INEC of infringing on the fundamental human rights of citizens.

“I am not aware of the deregistration; and if it is true, they are wasting their time. It is a matter we shall address. We will not accept it. It is an interference with the fundamental rights of the Nigerian people,” Braithwaite, who is NAP’s National Chairman, told one of our correspondents on the phone.

Balarabe Musa also said that the action of the electoral body would not stand. He said he was not told why his political party was de-registered.

“We have contempt for those who think they can kill PRP and what it stands for. We will rely on Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution to continue to function as a political party and also continue the struggle for democracy.

“This deregistration will not stand. In fact, it is the beginning of dictatorship in Nigeria by (Chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru) Jega and it will not stand,” Musa said on the phone Thursday night.

Asked if he was contacted before the commission took the action, he said no.

“I was not told. No one said anything to me on the matter,” he added.

Also the National Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties in Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said the de-registration would not stand.

Okechukwu told one of our correspondents on the telephone that Jega and the electoral commission did not have the powers to deregister any political party.

He said, “They are deceiving themselves. Jega wants to become a dictator and he has failed to understand the concept of liberal democracy.

“It is the electorate that determine the survival of any political party and not any electoral body. He is just wasting his time because power belongs to the people.”

this is some sort of good news, we dont need some of this partys and politicians in politics, with people like jakande, chris okotie,balarabe musa we dont need enermies. This are the same people that betrayed abiola and the june 12 course.

We really need new set of minds to take nigeria to a greater height

Akin Akin

Just one sentence: good riddance to bad rubbish!!!

tuyi19

N.V Daramola or what did you call urself? You always make contribution as if you are not normal

T.J

I think you are an illiterate or probably you are insane, your contributions are always off track. please recharge your thinking faculty.

vee

Please, check out for INEC reason for delisting the parties, i wonder why you think PDP falls in that category. Your contribution is myopic.

Akins

N. V has the right to his own opinions, regardless of wheter it makes sense or not.

Omooba Adeyemi

I seriously doubt the state of mind of this maggot called Daramola.

concern

Sick commentary. Why don’t u add to d list.

cheryl

i think some of you should seek for info and awareness before saying something. how would you have expected PDP to be de-registered, do you know the rules of the game? lets keep sentiment aside and de-register all this:”one street politica”l parties

Frank

If the truth has to be said, Then Nigeria needs only the 6 geopolitical zones as the federating units and 2 political parties How ever independent candidacy can be included to give more space and also check mate the imposition of candidates by stalwart of parties in the name of consensus candidate Do this and watch how fast we will move as a nation

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Briefcase political parties belong only in one place – the dust bins. Jega is right. Nigeria needs only two political parties with provisions for Independent candidates and Diaspora voting rights.

supreme

inec might be right after all

DrP2

This is not a matter of whether INEC is right, this is the law of Nigeria, they were rejected at the polls by Nigerians, the law says if they were unable to obtain some electoral minimum during elections they will be registered, they contested under that law and did not meet the cut…..it is an excellent law…..the law doesnt not say you cannot register a new party so it is still messy. Unserious parties will still be registered by applying under new names….the headaches of democracy are many

SULAIMAN ADELEKE

PROLIFERATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES CREATE CONFUSSION NOT ONLY TO VOTERS, BUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECENT POLITICS. I AM IN SUPPORT OF JEGA’ S ACTION BECAUSE THEY(PARTIES) ARE ONLY AFTER THE GRANT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE BEST POLTICAL SYSTEM WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TWO PARTY AS WE HAD IN EARLY 1990S. NIGERIA WOULD HAVE GONE FAR IF NOT BECAUSE OF STUPID AND CRIMINAL DECISIONS BY THE FEW THAT RULE FOR MAJORITY OF NIGERIANS. ALSO, GOVT SHOULD STOP WAISTING PUBLIC MONEY ON PARTIES IN FORM OF GRANTS.

ISMAIL

ADELEKE I ABSOLUTELY AGREED WITH U THAT TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS THE BEST FOR NIGERIA .

Emperor

Good action.no single elected party member in all sphere of government .All they are good for is to collect 500m during elections and groove the money.

Chuks

Nigeria will do better if we can just operate with two or three major political parties.Let those who say this will not stand tell us why it would not stand.If your party could not win any office in the country,simply fall behind the dominant parties and lets stop making things difficult for our selves and our nation.May be their concern is the money INEC gives them-Selfishness

bakassi

Nigeria doesn’t need more than 5 Parties. I think only best 5 should be left to participate in 2015 elections.

gogis

please we need only two parties in Nigeria (SDP AND NRC) others should go

ISMAIL

YES GOGIS THE NIGERIAN KIND OF MULTY PARTY IS A NONSENSE BECAUSE VOTERS CANNOT EVEN IDENTIFY THE TINY PRINTED PARTY LOGOS.INEC PLS DEREGISTER ALL THE PARTIES LEAVE ONLY TWO OR THREE. GOVT SHOULD STOP GIVING GRANTS TO PARTIES.

ozaluoku

GOOD MOVE….EVERY DICK AND HARRY WILL WAKE UP AND FLOAT A PARTY THAT CANNOT EVEN WIN A COUNCILIORSHIP SEAT IN THEIR OWN WARDS..

Dojarem

Further reduction is necessary to just three. Do this immediately now INEC. Thanks prof.

ogbeni naija

They can do better in LP,Declare for LP now.

Femi Pedro

Wait a minute – did the Hope party not have a case in court against the president and the PDP? how come they are now being deregistered while the case is still pending. I smell a rat

INEC is definitely not right in the process even though they may have constitutional powers to do so.

Logic dictates that if you are going to withdraw a licence from anyone or any party, you must first notify them of your intention and grant them a forum to justify why they still deserve that licence.

However, as usual with anything Nigerian government agency, it is about absolute power without due consideration. Surely you dont expect any constitution to spell out every processes needed in the enforcement or exercise of its impact clauses. I fully expect Jega (A prof for that matter) to follow a logical process and not the fiat that we now have.
These parties may not deserve to be registered but the process must be clear and justified.

Akin Akin

My brother, u’ve raised some very salient points (as always).

Although i quite agree that the right procedure might not have been followed…i However think this decision is in favour of the greatest good of the greatest number of people!!!

Why? If we continue to have these mushroom political parties, Our democracy will still be dominated by this seemingly obvious ‘one party’ pariah at the centre.

Not that i’m saying that this decision will automatically bring about the aforesaid…I however have very good reasons to believe we can only deepen our democracy If these mushroom parties pave way for bigger parties (opposition and otherwise)..

Ejiro

These political parties were pre-informed and should not claim ignorance,waiting to see a second list.

Femi Pedro

Yes I agree entirly that we do not so many political parties. my fear however is two fold
1. INEC action will probably prolong the process of getting rid of this parties because it is highly likely some of this parties will go to court and win their case because of Inec failure to follow procedure – another wastage of scarce resources
2.Tthese parties may not serve the common good, the problem with INEC action is that it paves the way for a similar action by government agencies in the future to cancel anything some big gun or even the serving president do not like or perceive as a threat without following procedure- common good or not.
By the way most of the political parties are just scams to collect allocation from INEC.

tuyi19

I agree with you, all this political parties are just there to confuse the electorate, just imagine a political party in ondo state that did not have 1% of votes casted in his polling unit said he lost the election because his Logo was ommitted and it is similar to that of LP, so tribuna shoud award LP votes to him. what a confusionist?

Akin2

Thank u Akin, i was actually looking out for ur comment,’cos it always makes sense.

Ejiro

The case of Hope party and PDP is not at the tribunal but the regular courts thus it has nothing to do with the present decision of INEC

Isaac Ubiomo

Did Femi Pedro vote for Alhaji Lateef Jakande in the 2011 election? No. How do you want him to chase out the Ruining Peoples Deranged Party?

Chris Willards

Its about time Nigerian youths rise to the challenge and lift up their voices and support
Prof Jega. We do not need many political parties, its credible leadership we need. Some of these men since the days of the late Sage Awolowo and Mallam Aminu Kano(of blessed memory) have remained under the guise of a struggle best understood by them only. If they cannot merge and form ONE INDEPENDENT GROUP, then there are some benefits they are deriving from the “business”of registering political parties that goes nowhere achieve nothing but satisfy their egos as potential leaders of a nation at the verge of collapse.

jumex

FEMI…..U REASON LIKE A KID ALL THE TIME.HIS REASONS WAS MENTIONED AND MSG SENT TO PARY HEADS..GO ASK THEM WHAT WAS WRITTEN.MAY I KN UR POLITICAL PARTY?

Femi Pedro

Noise Noise Noise

noms silas

ozaluoku..its crazy…it may get up to 300 by 2015..this old politicians refused to leave us alone

Olumilo

Good development, wind of change to all irrelevant political parties, de-register parties should form alliance with other parties, those parties are not existing again,

rasaq danmola

they are waste of space and need no disbandment becos they are not in existence in first place

eyewitness-tribe

These are individuals who call themselves political parties. They are pretenders! In the words of Fela, “we dey calam shakara, Shakara oloje.”

Triple A

Fine,as for falae he has declare b4 to follow mimiko,it wil be easy for him to decamp now.never win any election,falae lets know d time u are going to decamp to lp full wit ur pples.

Shaft

I share with INEC on this. Most of these deregistered parties were just there in a corner gathering cobwebs and dust.

Sanga

Am with INEC on this. Most of the deregistered party are just there gathering dust and cobwebs.

Sanga

Am with INEC on this. Most of the deregistered parties are just there gathering dust and cobwebs.

Oga

this is a nice move Nigeria should not have more than two political parties. Remember it was 2 political parties that gave us June 12, The best election Nigeria has ever seen. The beauty of a two party system in a country like Nigeria is that it forces the people into two parties and avoids parties formed along ethnic lines. It will surely bring the country together as the people will coalesce along two lines. Babaginda did some nice things for Nigeria; one was the two party state; second was the open ballot election; and third was direct funding of local governments.

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Bukky

INEC please deregister corruption and let the country be freed from PDP

Engr Anidiobu

We need just the six strongest parties in Nigeria that have at least a state under their control. The days of one man party should be over. I expect INEC to deregister more leaving behind PDP,ACN,ANPP,APGA,CPC&LP. Then ACN,CPC & APGA shoul merge to challenge PDP at any election. We should have an alternative to PDP, if not more suffering are on the way for Nigerians, Oga Jona will fully remove fuel subsidy as soon as he gets second term in office.Chears Suffering Nigerians.

Isaac Ubiomo

The Marriage between Peoples Democratic Party and APGA is already Consumated. Bianca Ojukwu is Ambassador in Diaspora. Peter Obi will soon be Board Member, PDP.
As for ACN and CPC, it is doomed to fail. There is no way a Jagaban with Fiver Governorship Belt Firmly Wrapped Round His Thin Waist will play the second fiddle to the General Officer Commanding, Boko Haram Army of Insurgency with just a State tied insecurely round his Fat Waist.

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Isaac, you want to scatter my teeth? Ke, ke, ke! Have you seen Jagaban’s “thin waist” lately or did you mean “thin long neck”?

You dey fall my hand ooo!

Osiibisa

Only rat? You will soon smell cockroaches or even skunk.

lawal

a gud move by inec

omo

Its a right step Guys. Many people don’t even know about these parties. If they are streamlined, the contest will be stronger and there will be more education on the electorate. We support Jega on this.

Kunle

Balarabe, Falae and others will contest it because is their money ventures, all what they want is to collect money from INEC. Nigerians have rejected them, they should find something else to do.

Yahaya Rumbu

Thanks Jega We Need Ur Action Tour Dis, But Out Prayer Not To Desive Us As U Did For The First Time

dele ajao

Welldone INEC it is necessary to carry all the woods around,called party, but i suggest we have space for independent candidates.

Dave

Let them go to court if they like. Ur party has not won even a councillorship seat and you claim to be a party of they people. Which people are they talking about. They should stop dececieing Nigerians. Let them merge into a mega opposition party instead of building nest for themselves

Elekan Shola

Olu Falae a dead politician and an untrue Awoist. DPA cannot work in one ward in Ondo State. ACN came on board in three months and pull more than 100,000votes.. submit yourself to your brother Iroko.

Onyemaechi

Please Baralabe and others find something else to do as my brother Kunle have said

Libato

More than 95% of commentators agreed with prof Jega. It then,means that he is right after all. Kudos to you prof,for your bold step.

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magnus momah

There are some basic principle we fail to follow, This one of them though INEC action is legal but its wrong. Parties are formed to proffer idea that are presented to the electorate and if the electorates buy into it they vote for the party and indeed the candidate. Therefore de-registration does not have a place except for some administrative inconvenience
The other is the need for those contesting to have a minimum qualification of school certificate, the question is who are those Nigeria that are being told they have the right to vote but cannot be voted- WHAT AN INJUSTICE

HGC

The law is very clear on the decision taken by inec. Any political party that does not win any election will be de-registered. What inec did is in accordance with the 2010 electoral act as amended. I strongly give my support 2 inec. Thanks to prof jaga for taking the right decision. Nigerians have rejected this mushroom political parties that cannot even win a councillor in a ward.

genie williams

i think inec decision is in the right order , these political parties are just noise making bunch idiots who have nothing to contribute to our political culture and development

muchman

JEGA, GOOD JOB, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS JUST 2 PARTIES IF POSSIBLE

The truth

Every right thinking Nigerian should support Prof Jega on this, we should tell these so call political parties in clear term that they have passed their usefulness. The concern of individual behind the parties is the money they collect every year they see it as part of the national cakes if not why is it so difficult for the since 1999 to form a merger when they discover they are not viable. Prof please stay firm on this and no going back.

kings

What is the need for all this political parties. Total distraction. Anyway thanks PROF

Peter B

Some of them uses their quota to sponsor boko haram.They should go since they not relevance

Best Man

This is one of the best step INEC ever take… we should have only five political parties, let those parties join other parties that relevant…. we should have PDP, ACN, CPC, ANPP and LP period.

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Good job INEC. I think more parties should be de-registered. Most Nigerians are hearing the names of the de-listed parties for the first time. A party that cannot one councillorship seat in the country is not fit to exist. Most of use these parties to bargain for personal gains. They are in the habit of endorsing candidates of big parties without fielding theirs.

ay

tank u prof for eradicating all the this parasites called political party in nigeria cos of left ova frm the presidency. all wht they know how to do is to endorse any govt in power. No visible plan,no concrete arrangement to win a single seat in a local govt election. Two party system will help us a lot to com out of PDP bondage.

ENOCH2050

INEC should have gone a little bit further in cutting the number of the existing political party to like 5. Some of these political parties are just raking in money on all of us, they never contribute anything to the development of this nation.

Concerned

Political parties in Nigeria are too many. Many of them do not contest elections as they do not have candidates to stand election. INEC should reduce it to three parties only

Evidence

A nice job from prof. we need more to go, all the one man party, contribute nuisance to our political system. If they can’t join another viable ones, they should go to the grave. Well done INEC

Simeon

Four (4) party system are due fr Nigeria [PDP,APGA,ACN & ANPP].

ayeni olutoyin

INEC Should keep to the .promise

Abdulsalam Uba Jogana

This is very good decision Prof. Jega, we are behind you.Meanwhile, I parties shuold cut five because multi-multiparty system is another form of rigging in politics.However,INEC should revert to former election time table i.e. presidential and nass election, governorship and state assembly elections.

Paddy

I would advise the INEC that the number of registered political parties should de-registered further to pave way for only two political parties which would also pave way for co-existence of Nigerians at large.

Umesiobilive

The minimum seat a party can win is the council seat,but how many states have elected local govts. Worse still how many of those that council election were credible. All parties should be allowed to remain until free and fair elections have become a routine at all levels.

PHILS

WE NEED ONLY 2 OR 3 POLITICAL PARTIES WITH GOOD IDEOLOGIES

Ayo Muda

May I ask why AP(Action Party) was not de-registered?Though the party was newly registered at the last general elections and it won some seats in the house of representative in Oyo state.For those that have started waging war against INEC Chairman on the de-registration of their political parties,what was their achievement at the last polls? Absolutely, nothing. INEC had taken a good step by de-registering the parties with the following benefits:
i) It saves cost of election logistics.
ii) The opposition parties could have an opportunity to form a solid party which could defeat the ruling party in the future elections.
iii) At the last US presidential elections, the statistics showed that the returning president had a slide difference to regain his seat and was possible as a result of having only one opposition party, this could also put the ruling party on its toe.
iv) The country could be more unified as a result of forming an alliance to defeat the ruling party.

I give the de-registration a CREDIT.It is a welcome development.Do you support it?

ISMAIL

YES I SUPPORT BUT MORE SHOULD BE DEREGISTER LEAVE ONLY…PDP ANPP ACN APGA CPC AND LABOUR.

Umesiobilive

When free and fair elections have become routine parties will automatically find their level. Grants would then be based on performance during polls. As of now only parties with access to rigging platforms can win any seats.

‘Sunkanmi Kadiri

It is long overdue and it is right step, i want to deregister party that contitute newsance to the political devlpt.

‘Sunkanmi Kadiri

it is long overdue and it is right step i want INEC to deregister party that constitue newsance to political devlpt

Prince Bob

What are we doing with a party that can’t produce a governor, rep, senator, LG chair, councillor, worse enough poll less than 500 votes at Presidential election!

abiodun opeolu

we don’t need more than 2 party system.

Emperor

Good for nothing parties,just leeches who collects 500 million during election from govt with no single elected member.

olusola durodola

this is good news. well done INEC

Ajayi Olupona

Here is an opportunity for these little parties to join-up with other members of the opposition in the country , with the objective of kicking PDP out of power by 2015 ! This looks like a blessing in disguise !

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wasiu

I think this is a good move by the INEC. Political parties are just too much in Nigeria. Bt, whether we have multiparties or not, i believe the most important thing for Nigerians is to vote for credible candidates, not neccessary the party. Don’t look at parties when votting, instead- look at the candidate please. I beg you in the name of everything decent; please avoid any corruptible practices in your daily activities. Be a patriot. Be a good samaritan. Be a good Nigerian…tank you.

Rev Dr Felix Nwosu

YOU REGISTER AND YOU DEREGISTER WHICH ONE IS BETTER, JEGA PLEASE TELL NIGERIANS WHY YOU REGISTER AND DEREGISTER SOME PARTY. THIS IS CONFUSION IN THE HIGHEST ORDER TO ME. I KNOW YOU ARE ASKING FOR CRISIS.

Chibuike

I do not agree with you and your opinion. Think about our country Nigeria and you will better understand the action of INEC. Where in the world do you have this alarming and in most cases confusing number of potlitical parties?

Macdozie Nnadozie

INEC well done. Anybody that is aggrieved should go to court. With due respect to our egbons, Mallam Balarabe and Mr. Tunji Braithwaithe, of what value have the existence of their parties add to the state of affairs in the nation? No body should be a dog at the manger.

Enejo

well done INEC for good step in sanitizing our democratic process.
I will even suggest we go back to the two party system we had in the early 90’s (SDP & NRC), to overcome all this confusion

Chibuike

The statement credited to the national publicity secretary of NCPP, Mr Osita Okechukwu, is quite unfortunate. Does he not know that these so called political parties, that rather do not deserve the name, are not functioning. They are not serious and do not make effort to be so. More than 45 political parties in a country: that is a war front. The initial aim could be achieved: to filter them and choose the best performing ones. Mr Okechukwu can go to hell if he wants. I am in support of INEC and their action.

Chidi Ibe

This is the right thing to do, I commend INEC BOSS for this action.

MUHAMMED BUKAR ALIBE

Indeed this is a wellcome development in terms of minimizing the west/cost of printing/producing large pages of BILLOT PAPPERS and the congestion of political parties that lead in confusing the common man on which party to choose among parties during election, i suggest that INEC should reduce more parties irrespective of our population. May GOD lead and guide our leathers to serve us right and may GOD BLESS NIGERIA AMEEN. I remain supportive! From: MUHAMMED BUKAR ALIBE, state secretary (NSDP) BNQNO STATE!!

lexzy sho

Y can’t most of us stand up or better still accept to what Prof. JEGA is doing. it is a welcome development.Federal Government can not be wasting public funds in d name of granting Unscrupulous political parties Grants.

tunji

Majority of the parties are just on the lists by names. They don’t even have 1 Councillor seat throughout the federation, so why wasting space and resources? They are just there for any grant or financial aid that may come from INEC. I support their scraping 100%.

Ojeme Godwin

The inec has done well. What is left is for us to embrace independent candidacy in our electoral system. The multiparty system is ok, bcos of the plurality of our polity. Kudos to Jega

As far as I am concerned, all the nation’s political parties do not provide the needed choice to the electorate,precisely because they are mere clones of one another,thereby making nonsense of our multiparty democracy.As a result,the choice has been reduced to which political party has the capacity to win elections,and not to which political party has the capacity,the will and the determination to deliver on the promise of democracy.
I believe this country does not need more than two political parties in order to deliver on democracy that is premised on triple foundation of liberty,justice and common decency.We are having this problem because those who profess to be jaunty face of democracy do not know that illiteracy and poverty are directed at the heart of liberty and freedom which they claim to promote,but cannot get until we overcome them.

aremu omo oba

Nigerian only needs two political parties that can be called political party. not all these imbecile that cannot win a single seat in both state and national level. The unregistered parties should merger with those standing parties and pull their resources together and moving on well with Nigeria. We need to defeat the PDP and moves Nigeria forward. Nigerian lacks good leadership. if these is not possible , maybe smaller will be better anyway.

DaveOye

I know every nigerian likes to connect actions to previous event and up comming circumstances. but
1 We need changes that work for us all and I do not care about what intentions enable them
2 These mushroom parties have just been tools of stronger parties to fend off competition
3 They are also not independent alone as many use them to get ministerial and political post after election
4 Many of these parties are stagnant and are not growing
5 They constitute another burden to taxs payers money
6 The positive I see in them is that new ideology and fresh political views which could raise nigeria in the future may be hidden within few of them

Yohanna

What we want is to open the Political Space to accommodate all shades of opinion and INEC has no powers to deny us that. Thank You!

FEMI AJETUNMOBI USA

MR. JEGA YOU’RE WRONG ON THIS ISSUE. YOU CANNOT SILENCE THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR PARTIES. IT IS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHT AND YOU BETTER DONT VIOLATE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS. PARTIES HAVE THEIR RIGHTS AS ENTITY SO DO PEOPLE WHO CREATED THESE PARTIES. IS INEC BECOMING A FASCIST? PLEASE BACK OFF AS SOON AS YOU CAN. DEMOCRACY IS HERE TO STAY AND WHAT INEC CAN DO IS TO RAISE THE THRESH HOLD WHERE THESE PARTIES WONT’ BE ELIGIBLE FOR GOVT GRANT. IN ESSENCE, PEOPLE CANNOT SPEND THEIR MONEY ANY WAY WANT; WHO IS INEC TO DECIDE WHOM AR WHAT I CAN USE MY MONEY ON.

okondo basil

If Okotie is reading this , let him go and start with local government chairman or governor like Rochas. Just the crystal ball view .

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